Raised cottage. This is the only building that was found upon what is now Southern University when the institution relocated from New Orleans to Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The building had been renovated and was used as a home for one of the...

Epworth Hall, Sponsored By The Epworth Leaguers Of The Methodist Episcopal Church South, Is A Three-Story Brick Building That Was Constructed In 1925 For Young Men. At Intervals, It Has Also Served As Housing For Women. The Building Was Completely...

Mary Helm Hall, A Three-Story Brick Building, Was Constructed In 1926. It Was A Gift Of The Women's Council Of The Methodist Episcopal Church South. The Facility Served As A High School And Home Economics Building. It Was Renovated In 1981 And ...

This building named in honor of Harold W. Alexander and Wayne M. Dunn for their contributions and service to the university’s Academic Skills Program. This building served as the main Campus Dining Hall from 1930 until the construction of W. G....

This building was named in honor of Annie Day Robinson Shepard, devoted wife of Dr. James E. Shepard, founder of North Carolina Central University for her contributions and years of service to the students and the university. Mrs. Shepard wrote...

This building was named in honor of Benjamin Newton Duke, pilanthropist, and tobacco business owner. Mr. Duke made substantial financial contributions to the college during its early development. The Benjamin N. Duke Auditorium was constructed in...

Bennett Hall Was the First Building Completed on the Campus and Was Renovated in 1926. It Was a Three Story Brick Building With a Mansard Roof That Functioned as Library, Chapel, Dining Room, Dorm and Classroom Building.

This building was named in honor of Clyde R. Hoey, Governor of North Carolina From 1937-1941. During Clyde R. Hoey’s governorship the state of North Carolina provided free textbooks for elementary schools, increased teacher’s salaries and offered...

This building named in honor of Dr. William Edward Farrison and Pauline Newton for their contributions to the English Department. Dr. Farrison was an author, scholar and served also as Chair of the English Department From 1938 to 1962. Miss...

This building was named in honor of Dr. Helen Gray Edmonds, a long-time teacher, chair in the Department of History and Social Sciences, and dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. Dr. Edmonds also served as a member of the interim...

The Howard J. Chidley Residence Hall was named in honor of Dr. Howard J. Chidley, a minister at First Congregational Church in Winchester, member of the Board of Trustees from 1916 to 1921 and financial contributor and supporter of the National...

This building was named in honor of Benjamin Newton Duke, philanthropist, and tobacco business owner. Mr. Duke made substantial financial contributions to the college during its early development. The Benjamin N. Duke Auditorium was constructed...

James E. Shepard Memorial Library, named in honor of Dr. James Edward Shepard, founder and first president of North Carolina Central University. James E. Shepard Memorial Library was constructed in 1950, annexed in 1976, and renovated in 1997 and...

This building was named in honor of Dr. James Sumner Lee for his service as a long- time teacher and chair of the Biology Department from 1938 to 1963. The James Sumner Lee Biology Building was constructed in 1956 and renovated in 1974.

This building was Named in honor of Ruth Gwendolyn Rush, Dean of Women, teacher of education, and director of Student Teaching (1926-1948). She gave thirty-eight years of service to the university. Ruth Gwendolyn Rush Residence Hall was...

This building was named in honor of William Gaston Pearson, a businessmen, educator, an incorporator of the National Religious Training School and Chautauqua, and one of the original organizers of the North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company. ...

This building was named in honor of Dr. William Harrison Robinson, a long-time teacher and chairman in the Department of Physics from 1937 to 1962. The William Harrison Robinson Science building was constructed in 1937 and renovated in 1970.